France, June 8 -- The defending champion Iga Swiatek and Marta Kostyuk did the night shift and in the daytime Coco Gauff, Barbora Krejcikova and Maria Sakkari reached theirfirst quarter-final in the singles at a Grand Slam tournament.Theold warriors had their say too by takingout two of the Italian triumvirate.

A wow moment

The 9pm session was given over to the ladies. Yes, you read that right. The 9pm night session was given over to the ladies. Defending champion Iga Swiatek got her moment in the night lights along with Marta Kostyuk. Their last 16 clash on centre court was a good old-fashioned slugfest. They were spraying winners all over theplace. Twenty-year-old Swiatek went into the bash as the favourite but her 18-year-old Ukraini...